Author: Levent Kaan

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Monday lambasted the Greek Cypriot administration’s newly elected leader Nikos Christodoulides for suggesting the “more active participation” of the European Union in order to resume talks on the Cyprus issue. “Christodoulides’ suggestion is the recurring manifestation of the Greek Cypriot policy we have been facing for decades,” a statement from the Foreign Ministry read, stressing that the TRNC would not accept the EU’s involvement in the Cyprus issue. “The EU’s pro-Greek attitude in the crisis has blocked an acceptable agreement and served to perpetuate the status quo,” the ministry noted. Arguing that the…

Greece’s ruling New Democracy party (European People’s Party – EPP) could be open to collaboration with the “Greek Solution”, a far-right party known for its pro-Russian stance. Speaking to ANT1 news channel, Minister of Domestic Affairs Makis Voridis stated, “I don’t exclude anyone. Besides the parties whose programs are completely different than ours, we can work with all parties”. The next national elections are due in 2023, but in light of the “Watergate” scandal regarding the surveillance of opposition politicians and journalists by Greeks secret services, the pressure is mounting to hold snap elections. The next elections will be held with a new electoral…

The new administration will have to continue reforms and tackle several issues in the economy, Ratings agencies expect the government to be formed after the second polls to follow the path of reforms and pro-growth policies, along the Greek debt sustainability path already drawn. However, they point out that the challenges Athens will face are significant and extend beyond the economic front. S&P focuses on Greece’s external imbalances, an issue it has long warned about, stressing that they have worsened in recent years. As analyst Samuel Tilleray explains to Kathimerini, the current account deficit worsened dramatically in the wake of…

Mounting allegations are not supported by evidence, claims government spokesman, as calls for accountability grow. In Greece’s growing surveillance scandal, acting Cabinet ministers, pro-government journalists, and businesspeople are among those spied on as ordered by the highest levels in Athens, said local media on Monday. The surveillance operation was carried out on direct orders by Grigoris Dimitriadis, the nephew of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his then-secretary-general, claimed news outlet Documento. Dimitriadis stepped down when the scandal first emerged. Surprisingly, it said, the first wave of the spying by Israeli-made Predator spyware targeted not opposition figures, but prominent members of…

Hungary has won an unlikely ally. After largely playing solo in its opposition against Russian sanctions, Budapest is now getting support from Athens in its skepticism over the freshest measures against Russia, five EU diplomats told POLITICO. The EU is currently discussing its 11th sanctions package against Russia after the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago. Whereas the 10 previous sanctions packages focused on measures to empty Vladimir Putin’s war chest, Brussels now wants to avoid its sanctions being circumvented. In an unprecedented step for the bloc, the current package could target other countries helping Moscow…

None of the Embassies in Delhi of the non-participating countries replied to requests for comments about whether their non-registration thus far indicated a “boycott” for political reasons With just days to go for the G-20 Working Group meet on Tourism set to be held in Srinagar, China confirmed that it won’t attend the event, even as the Indian government announced that Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt have yet to confirm their attendance, indicating they too are likely to skip the meeting. “A total of 60 international delegates have registered so far for the Third working group meeting to be held from May…

Planning and actions required to grow and develop health tourism and set up Greece as a world leader has topped the agenda of the 1st Health Travel Conference that took place earlier May, in Athens. Arranged by the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine with the help of the tourism and health ministries, Hellenic Chamber of Hotels and diaNEOsis, and the Attica region, the conference primarily aimed on the development of a road map that will help as well as speed up the expansion of wellness and health tourism products in Greece. While speaking at the conference, health experts said…

Turkish auteur filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan returned to the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet on a particularly rainy Friday with his latest competition entry, “About Dry Grasses.” Ceylan and his film team gathered in front of the Palais des Festivals as rain lashed the French Riviera city and puddles formed on the red carpet and the plastic sheets covering it. Including “About Dry Grasses,” Ceylan’s films have been in the running for the Palme d’Or seven times, with only “Winter Sleep” taking the top prize in 2014. The film follows Samet (Deniz Celiloglu), a young art teacher finishing up his compulsory…

Robot servers developed with artificial intelligence technology started to be used in Turkey. The ‘robot server’ developed through the social media account conveys the latest information on the agenda to its followers. Technology continues to evolve day by day. Artificial intelligence has now started to provide news. Presenting the Important Developments of the Day Developed in the light of the latest developments in the world, artificial intelligence technology has also appeared in the field of presenting. In the technology developed in Turkey through the social media account, the announcer conveys the latest developments and the important news of the day…

Russian censorship would begin to infiltrate even new textbooks, explains Mediazona , an independent Russian media. The opposition news site, considered a ” foreign agent ” by the Kremlin, said on Thursday that the latest edition of the fourth-grade textbook ” The World Around Us ” had removed references to Kyiv. Mentions of the Ukrainian capital have been removed from sections devoted to the history of Kievan Rus’, a state that spanned present-day Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.IKLAN Compared to the 2021 editions, the new manuals have many changed sections, says Mediazona. The old edition stated that the chronicle “ The Tale of the Bygogne Years ” was written…